Men in  white coats are paid by multinational fast food companies to confuse the public about their product. Remember tobacco companies? I'd rather get my info. from more reliable sources such as the The American Heart Association, American Dietetic Association and the American Kidney Fund, who have all published statements warning about the various dangers associated with low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets (ie Atkins)..from Physicians for Responsible Medicine report: http://www.atkinsdietalert.org/advisory.html

If you don't mind ruining your health eating a high-sodium, low-nutrition junk foods think about how it affects others creatures:

Ground Up Alive: Baby Chicks Suffer

If that's not enough to turn you off fast foods howz about:

Employees caught on camera pouring milk into the milkshake machine out of a bucket labeled “Soiled Towels Only.” They worked in a McDonalds which had already been cited for 12 different sanitary violations.  Burger King is actually ranked as the dirtiest of all the fast food chains.

from 15 Horrifying Reasons to Never Let Anyone You Love Near a McDonald's

or Dirty dining? ‘Dateline’ hidden cameras investigate cleanliness of America’s top 10 fast food chains Give me a yummy vegetarian meal over pulverised lamb or cow any day!

*"But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time she had been born into the world to enjoy." * Plutarch AD 46 – 120,  Greek historian, biographer and essayist.